Spotlight with author
Miranda Stowe
Ok, ok. I know. It has
been forevah! I had a lot of unforeseen circumstances and basically had to
rearrange my entire life so that everything would jive together again.
Unfortunately that meant that the blog took a back seat to DH, kiddos, and the
business. But I have finally reached a point that everything is working out and
I can now get back to the way things should have been…at least in my world. Because
when there is no reading, reviewing, or blogging, I get totes unhappy. I have
already felt a bazillion times better since I cracked the cover of the first
book in several months, promptly demolished it, and followed with six more
reads. Whoot whoot! If that is not happiness, then I don’t know what is. And so
here is the plan …
When I skipped out
suddenly, I literally skipped out. On a ton of posts. Seriously. So many so
that I can fill all of April with these abandoned posts. So I went ahead and
scheduled out the whole month with said posts. I do this because I feel bad
about not making good on my commitments. It cheapens me, the blog, and lets
down the author, book, and tour company. Luckily, these tour companies have
been extremely forgiving and have not held a grudge. That said, you will see
this exact paragraph in the beginning of each of these posts for the month of
April. I will be interspersing both old and new posts so that you all aren’t
overwhelmed with what you may have already read. But I figure that promo
whether early, or late, is overall better that never. And so I carry on. I hope
that many of these posts bring new authors and books to your attention, and if
you have had the opportunity to read any of them, then I definitely would like
you to weigh in on your opinions. I could go on forever, but I think it would
be best to just get going. So without further adieu, please allow me to
introduce to the blog:
**MIRANDA
STOWE**
**BIO**
Miranda lives with her
wonderful, Brad-Pitt-lookalike husband (hey, they're both blond-haired and
blue-eyed) and adorable still-needs-to-learn-the-meaning-of-NO toddler daughter
on their spacious corn-field-and-cow-pasture-front property in Kansas.
Librarian by day and author by night, she is also published in YA and
contemporary mainstream romance under a different pen name.
You can find out more about Ms. Stowe in the
following places:
**BEAR
WITH ME**
**BLURB**
Being only one-fourth shape shifter, jaguar-human Rhea
Griffin hopes to skip her mating heat altogether. But no such luck. It's
coming, and it's coming soon. Good news is that advancements in technology have
made it so she doesn't have to turn into a total ho-bag and want sex from every
male within a fifty-mile radius. She can take a nifty little injection for a
couple of weeks to quell the "urges." But bad news is the nifty little
injection ends up being a dud. And Rhea needs sex. Lots of it.
Bear shifter, Brick
Lowery was only supposed to come over to the Griffin house to keep his best
good buddy Rhea company during her confinement time. But when everything goes
south and Rhea needs a man to satisfy her mating heat before she suffers in
agony, maybe even to the point of death, it's suddenly up to him to make sure
she gets exactly what she needs. Except Brick's secretly been in love with Rhea
since he was thirteen and this is not at all how he planned to win her
over.
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Brick
sauntered forward, his large muscle-packed body surprisingly graceful for a
bear. Brick had always been attractive. After he’d grown into some of his body
parts, he’d probably become the best-looking boy in their class. But his looks
had never made her want to reach out and just stroke his skin before...not like
they did now.
An
intense tingling spread up the insides of her legs as he drew close and knelt
beside her, setting his gaming system between them.
With
his head bent slightly and his attention in the cardboard box as he fished
around for the right cables he needed, she studied the side of his face,
suddenly wanting to just...lick him.
“Okay, we
need to plug this one in first, into the...” His words drifted off as he lifted
his face. Nostrils flaring, he gazed at her for a moment before his eyes fell
to her lips.
When
heat flooded her from head to toe, her sex cramped and went moist. He dropped
his attention even lower to her breasts where they strained against her shirt,
the nipples poking out the front of the pale cotton.
A
hoarse groan left his throat. Lifting his hand slowly, he reached out a single
digit and barely brushed the back of his index finger over the thin material.
If he’d have licked her bare, straining nipple and then bitten it, Rhea didn’t
think she would’ve felt the impact of his touch any more intensely than she did
now.
With
a moan, she threw back her head and squeezed her eyes shut. Heat pulsed between
her legs. She wanted him there. Right now. Inside her. Deep, so deep inside
her.
As
if reading her mind, Brick asked, “Have you ever wondered what my cock would
feel like buried in your pussy?” His voice was low and raspy. It shot another
sizzling current of electricity through her.
Meeting
his gaze, she opened her mouth to tell him—beg, demand, whatever it took—to
take off his clothes and get inside of her that very instant. But her mother’s
voice at the top of the stairs made her jolt and wrench herself away from him.
He
stepped back too and glanced away guiltily, just as Riley Griffin popped her
head out of the stairwell and joined them in the den. “Rhea, dinner’s ready if
you’re—oh! Brick, you’re already here. Good. You’re welcome to dinner too,
dear.”
He
cleared his throat and bowed his head. “Thanks, Mrs. G. I’d love some. Can’t
feed a bear like me enough, you know.”
“Well,
both of you come on up.”
When
Brick moved to follow her as Rhea’s mother started back up the stairs, Rhea
hesitated, glancing at Brick’s perfect form. Now that he was all the way across
the room, she didn’t want him quite as badly.
And
it struck her what had just happened. Shit. Her mating heat really was
starting.
“Mom?”
she called, her voice trembling slightly. “I think...I think I should have my
first injection now.”
Brick
tensed and paused, but he didn’t turn to look at her.
Eyes
wide with surprise, her mother did turn around, though. “Oh! Really? Damn, I
wish females could smell another female’s heat. I would’ve already known that.
I’m sorry, honey. Let’s get you taken care of, then.” As she came back down the
steps, she glanced at Brick.
He
refused to meet her gaze as he shrugged. “I must be too diluted of a shifter to
notice it yet.”
Rhea knew
he was lying; he’d definitely felt something. He’d been just as ready to get
kinky as she’d been. She waited a second before her mother entered the back
room before meeting Brick’s dark gaze and mouthing the word, “Liar.”
“I want to fuck you. Hard,” he
mouthed right back, lifting his eyebrows in direct challenge.
For
a moment, she was tempted. Two weeks of constant sex with Brick sounded pretty
damn good right about now. She could almost feel his hands on her breasts,
cupping her and squeezing, his hot open mouth on her throat and his cock shoved
deep, pumping through her sex and bumping against her g-spot, over and over
again, until—
“Rhea?
Are you coming?” her mother called.
I have
one word. Damn! Nothing like waking up first thing in the morning to a little
somethin’ somthin’. Am I right? So what did you all think? This is not the
first time I have come across Ms. Stowe and now that I had this little
refresher, I remember exactly why. *nods* Perhaps some of you have read her work before.
I would love your feedback. Tell me what you thought of this post or think of
any of her work that you have read. Your comments are always welcomed and
encouraged. Do you all like shifters? Do you prefer a particular shifter?
Thoughts? Feel free to weigh in.
I hope
that you all will take the opportunity to check this book out. If you have
already, please let me know what you thought. If you enjoyed what you
experienced here today, please consider doing one of the following in both
supporting the author and your future reading experiences with her: Add the book
to you TBR list; purchase a copy of the book for yourself or a friend; and/or
write a review of the book and post it online (just a couple of sentences is
enough).
I hope
that you all enjoyed your time spent here today and hope to see you again soon.
I will officially be back April 1st! Whoot! Have a fabulous day!
Until next time …
HAPPY READING!!!
